David Lloyd George's Quotes

The most dangerous thing in the world is to try to leap a chasm in two jumps.

You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.

A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.

With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.

What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.

Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.

Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

We are muddled into war.

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.